The ivory workers of the middle ages . Theodore haslost the second wing, and of another still finerone, only the splendidly carved wings remain,widely separated now, one being in Vienna andthe other in the Doges Palace at Venice. Severalof these little shrines inclose a group of theVirgin and Child, the two most beautiful beingin the Episcopal Museums of Utrecht and Strogonoff in his interesting collection atRome has a particularly fine seated Virghi andChild. The whole pose is most pleasing and theInfant Christ on her knee has a far more childishface than usual, the Holy Child bei
The ivory workers of the middle ages . Theodore haslost the second wing, and of another still finerone, only the splendidly carved wings remain,widely separated now, one being in Vienna andthe other in the Doges Palace at Venice. Severalof these little shrines inclose a group of theVirgin and Child, the two most beautiful beingin the Episcopal Museums of Utrecht and Strogonoff in his interesting collection atRome has a particularly fine seated Virghi andChild. The whole pose is most pleasing and theInfant Christ on her knee has a far more childishface than usual, the Holy Child being more oftenlike a little man, raising his hand to bless withexaggerated dignity. But the ineradicable love ofostentation and luxury leads the artist to diminishthe importance of a really dignified figure by addinga mass of gigantic and over-decorated accessories,and the legs of the throne are wrought with moreexactitude than he bestows on the robe of thecentral figure. ^ Full list given by Molinier, Les Arts appliq^ies, vol. i. 90.
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